William Shaw (politician)
- William Shaw (politician)
Frederick William "Bill" Shaw was a Canadian politician from Quebec. [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/s/shawfw.htm Biography of William Shaw, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]
Background
He was born on October 13, 1932 in Montreal and was a dentist. Before he ran for office, he was a Progressive Conservative activist. He co-authored "Partition, The Price of Quebec's Independence" in 1980.
Provincial politics
Shaw unsuccessfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1970 election in the district of Robert-Baldwin, finishing a distant third.
He was a leadership candidate to the party convention, held on May 22 and 23, 1976. He lost to Rodrigue Biron. [ [http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/22494.html Bilan du Siècle, 22 mai 1976 - Élection de Rodrigue Biron au poste de chef de l'Union nationale] ]
Shaw ran again for a seat to the legislature and won in the 1976 election in the district of Pointe-Claire, with 45% of the vote. By February 18, 1978, he sat as an Independent. He also briefly supported Les Démocrates in 1978.
He was defeated in the district of Jacques-Cartier as an Independent in the 1981 election and as an Equality Party candidate in the 1998 election.
Shaw was the leader of the "Freedom of Choice Party" until it ceased to exist in 1985.
Federal politics
Shaw ran as a Canadian Alliance candidate in the federal district of Lac-Saint-Louis in the 2000 election. He finished third against Liberal incumbent Clifford Lincoln.
Footnotes
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